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Thursday, October 7, 2010

Thursday, October 7, 2010

Hello Dear email owner,

I am email to inform you that you are winning €951,968.76 EUR ($1,284,205.84 USD) in the 2010 Euro Millions email promotion. To claim winning prize moneys of €951,968.76 EUR ($1,284,205.84 USD), please to contact Barrister Felix A.G. for verify winnings with social secrutiny number or credit card number. Congrallations and...

Most truly yours,Prince Hobubu

Thanks, Liz K. Did I mention I was stuck in London with no money? Could you help me out? I promise I'll pay you back.

I got one of these faxes the other day at work! The son of the president of Liberia needs my help and I'll get 30% of his inheritance that his father (Exiled president currently living at the Hague) set up for him in American currency and banking systems. Did I mention that he sent this to me from a fax machine in a refugee camp?

Prince Hobo it is you who are lucky! You have won the Goldbury bake off! Please send your credit card number so we can credit the prize winning funds to your account! Oh did we mention we're stuck with 400 non winning cakes? Would you like to buy one for charity? Only 29.95 plus S&H?

"One of the golden rules of scambaiting is 'make your scammer do all the work'. Tie the guy up. Make his life miserable by dragging out the dealings for as long as humanly possible. What better way to keep a scammer busy than to make them copy an entire book by hand?

First of all, I get the standard 419 scam introduction from Barrister Issah."

Hilarious! These scammers are taking it farther than emails now. I had someone find my cake website online and I got a ttdy call (I think that is what its called?)from some guy who wanted to order a cake and had this elaborate thing planned. I actually fell for it at first because i didnt realize what it was. This guy later sent me an email with photos of the cake he wanted and additional instructions. The things he was saying seemed super fishy, so I researched it and apparently other cake businesses have gotten calls like that too. Sad.

LOL it's funny that you mention the stuck in London thing cuz my email and my facebook got hacked about a month ago and all my email contacts got email saying that we were stuck in London and we were attacked and my husband was in the hospital still and I needed "funds" to get home to the states... they were also chatting with my FB contacts giving them the same story...

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